Hat-pin



Patented Sept. 27, |898. J. McCOY.

HAT PIN.

(Application led Sept. 13, 1897.)

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Nirnn JOHN MCCOY, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

HAT-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 61 1,5021, dated September 27, 1898. Applimn led september 13,1897.- sennno. 651,561. (No man.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, JOHN MCCOY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pins; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description `of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to`which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hatpins, the ob-V ject in view being to provide means whereby a hat-pin of ordinary construction may be prevented from accidentally escaping from the hat and hair.

The invention contemplates the use, in connection with anordinary hat-pin, of afriction-clasp adapted to engage over the point of the pin after it has been inserted through the hat and hair; the said clasp being adapted to be used independently of the hat or as separate therefrom or as an attachment to the hat.

The detailed objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the course of the subjoined description.

The invention consists in a hat-pin clasp embodying certain novel features and details of construction hereinafter specifically set forth, illustrated in the drawings, and incorporated in the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of a hat, showing the improved hat-pin and clasp in position therein. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the hat-pin and clasp. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the f clasp. Fig. t is a similar view -of `the nut.

Fig. 5 illustrates another form of the clasp. Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the views.

- The pin (indicated at 1) may be of any usual or preferred construction, being provided -with a head 2. The pin is made of sufficient length to extend entirely through the crown of a hat horizontally, so as to pass at the same time through the hair ina manner well understood, and is adapted to receive upon its pointed end a clasp v3. This clasp is shown in `detail in Fig. 3 and is seen to be in the form of a triangle having a main body portion ,provided at an approximately central point with an opening or eye 5,

.opposite or free ends.v

through which the point of the pin 1 is passed, and with converging arms 6, which are connected at one end to the opposite ends of the body portion 4 and which taper toward their The arms 6 are preferably plano-convex in cross-section, or, in other words, are provided with substantially flat or plane inner surfaces, while their outer,

surfaces are convexor half-round. The said outer surfaces are screw-threaded, as indicated at 7, in order to receive a nut 8. This nut is preferably formed of a ring 9, which is internally threaded and forms the nut.

proper, and an oblong loop 10, which is secured around the nut and which extends from diametrically opposite sides thereof, so as to form wings for facilitating the turning of the nut upon the arms 6 of the clasp. By reason of the inward divergence of the arms 6 when the nut S is screwed inward the inner adjacent surfaces of said arms are caused to contact with each other, thus securely clasping and clamping the point of the pin between them and preventing the displacement of the clasp from the pin in a manner that will be readily understood. In some cases it is preferred to longitudinally groove the inner adjacent surfaces of the arms 6, as indicated at 1l, to form seats for the pin. It is also within the scope of this invention to bend the points of the arms 6` in opposite directions, as shown at l2, so as to prevent the displacement of the nut S, and it is also within the scope of this invention to pass the arms 6 of the clasp through the hat from the inside of the crown, so that the clasp will be securely attached to the hat. VThis will also prevent the formation of a large number of perforationsV in the hat by the pin, as the pin will always enter the same place in the hat by reason of its having to pass through the eye or opening 5 in the clasp.

. Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is.- v l. A pin-clasp consisting of a body having a central transverse aperture therein, and spring-arms integral with said body and converging from their points of connection with the body, said arms being externally threaded to receive a nut and adapted to frictionally engage the pin and retain the clasp thereon.

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2. A triangular pin-clasp consisting of a In testimony whereof I have signed this body having a central transverse aperture specification in the presence of two subscribtherein, and externally-soreW-threaded coning Witnesses.

verging spring-arms integral With said body7 JOHN MCCOY. 5 the free ends of said arms being deected in Witnesses:

0ppositedireotions,andanutupon thethread- FELIX J. DREYFOUS,

ed portion of said arms. I VALTER J. KELLY. 

